Ebook {Epub PDF} Body Remember: A Memoir by Kenny Fries

Body, Remember is a story about connection, a redemptive and passionate testimony to one man’s search for the sources of identity and difference. In this poetic, introspective memoir, Kenny Fries illustrates his intersecting identities as gay, Jewish, and disabled.  · Body, Remember.: In this poetic, introspective memoir, Kenny Fries illustrates his intersecting identities as gay, Jewish, and disabled. While learning about the history of his body through Author: Kenny Fries. Kenny Fries' memoir, "Body, Remember" sets forth an intriguing story. To begin with - and at the heart of Fries' personal history - he is disabled; born into an orthodox Jewish family, with legs that are too small, angles distorted. As he grows, his legs do not keep the pace, and he is forced to endure several treatments to correct their growth/5.

summary. In this poetic, introspective memoir, Kenny Fries illustrates his intersecting identities as gay, Jewish, and disabled. While learning about the history of his body through medical records and his physical scars, Fries discovers just how deeply the memories and psychic scars run. As he reflects on his relationships with his family, his. "Kenny Fries, noted poet, critic, and essayist, has produced a moving and memorable memoir of what it is like to live with a body you are told is less than perfect. Fries was born with incompletely formed legs, a congenital birth defect that had no scientific name but entailed multiple surgeries just to partially correct. Faculty member Kenny Fries is the author of In the Province of the Gods, which received the Creative Capital literature grant; The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin's Theory, recipient of the Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Human Rights and Bigotry; and Body, Remember: A Memoir; as well as editor of Staring Back: The Disability Experience.

Body, Remember.: In this poetic, introspective memoir, Kenny Fries illustrates his intersecting identities as gay, Jewish, and disabled. While learning about the history of his body through. Body, Remember is a deeply affecting memoir that revolves around a mystery: at age 35, poet Kenny Fries wanted to discover what could be learned about the history of his body, and the map of physical and psychic scars with which he had lived since infancy. He began only with a description his father had given him. About Kenny. Kenny Fries received the prestigious Creative Capital literature grant for In the Province of the Gods. He is the author of Body, Remember: A Memoir and The History of My Shoes and the Evolution of Darwin’s Theory, and the editor of Staring Back: The Disability Experience from the Inside Out. He teaches in the MFA in Creative Writing Program at Goddard College.